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Comment
. 2014 Jul 17;16(7):e174; discussion e174.
doi: 10.2196/jmir.3460.

Consensus on use of the term "App" versus "Application" for reporting of mHealth research

Thomas Lorchan Lewis  1 , Matthew Alexander Boissaud-Cooke, Timothy Dy Aungst, Gunther Eysenbach
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Consensus on use of the term "App" versus "Application" for reporting of mHealth research

Thomas Lorchan Lewis et al. J Med Internet Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: mHealth; medical app: mobile app; medical informatics: smartphone.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: TLL and TDA are writers and editors for iMedicalApps.com, a website dedicated towards providing news on the integration of mobile technology into medical care and the reviewing of medical apps for mobile devices. They do not consult nor receive reimbursement from app developers or creators.

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A graph showing cumulative number of PubMed search results by year since 1975 for keywords related to mobile applications (search carried out on April 7, 2014).
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